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Q: Where is the stomach of a sea star located?
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Patrick Star* and located in Bikini Bottom.


What side are the gonads on a sea star located?

the oral


How does the sea star uses its tube feed to eat?

a sea star catches food, by going up to its prey, using its suction cups to open the food up, and the sea star then pushes its stomach out of its mouth, and on to the food and chemicals from the sea stars mouth then kill the food, and the sea star rips the food from its shell, and digests it


Do sea star defecate?

Some sea stars are able to force open the shells of mollusks and bring their cardiac stomach (the sea stars) outside of its body into the shell of the mollusk and digest the mollusk. The sea star then brings its cardiac stomach back inside itself where further digestion takes place. Waste is excreted through the anus on the aboral side of the body. Yes, they "defecate"


Where is a star fish stomach?

its right in the middle of its body if you flip a star fish over you will see its mouth the mouth when eating leads straight to the digestive system (stomach) its located between all five arms


How did a sea star be called a sea star?

A sea star is called a sea star simply because of where it lives (the sea) and what it looks like (a star), simple!


How does a sea star feed on a clam?

It forces its stomach out, and sticks it inside of the clams shell. Then with the clam inside of the stomach, the starfish puts its stomach back on its inside. A sea star opens up a clam by attaching its hundreds of tube feet to the external surface of the shell with suction. Then, it pulls. It might have to pull for hours, or days, until the adductor muscle holding the shell firmly closed is finally weakened enough that the shell opens. Then the star fish can force its stomach in and digest the soft insides of the clam.


How does a sea star feeding a clam?

It forces its stomach out, and sticks it inside of the clams shell. Then with the clam inside of the stomach, the starfish puts its stomach back on its inside. A sea star opens up a clam by attaching its hundreds of tube feet to the external surface of the shell with suction. Then, it pulls. It might have to pull for hours, or days, until the adductor muscle holding the shell firmly closed is finally weakened enough that the shell opens. Then the star fish can force its stomach in and digest the soft insides of the clam.


How does a star fish use its stomach to eat?

star fish do not use its stomach to eat.


Is a sea star an invertabrate?

no, a sea star is a vertebrate!


What is the tallest sea star?

the sunflower sea star


What does the starfish do with its stomach when its feeding on clams or oysters?

Sea stars have a unique method of eating. The animal will actually evert its stomach outside of its body and insert it into the shell of the mollusk, for example, it is prying open. The stomach will then engulf and begin to digest the prey before it is pulled back into the inside of the sea star.